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“Baby, whatever you have to tell me you can just say it.”
“I—I think I’m in love with you. And it’s okay if you don’t feel the same way,” I blurt out.
Jace laughs. He actually laughs out loud like he’s just heard the funniest joke in the world. Which of course causes me to cry like an idiot. Damn hormones not letting me hide my true feelings like I wish I could. He immediately stops laughing and holds me close to his chest, then tilts my face up to his.
“I love you too, baby.”
“Y—you do?” I look at him, surprised. His mother was right.
“Of course I do. Have we been living in the same house? I thought it was abundantly clear how I felt about you.” He chuckles. “I love you, Bree.”
“I love you too,” I whisper.
“I’m not going anywhere, baby. I just want to be with you and our little girl, forever.”
“You do?”
“I will keep saying it over and over until you believe it, I just want you to know I love you both more than life. I know it was an accident, but I don’t regret you or El one bit. In fact, it’s just given me more purpose than anything.” Jace smiles.
“I love you, Jace.”
“I love you, Aubree.”
He snuggles back behind me, wrapping his large arms around me and that’s how I fall asleep. Reassured and safe that the man I love loves me back. Although he might have to keep reassuring me if he wants me to believe it. For right now, in this moment, I do.
* * *
When Jaceand I wake up, he’s getting ready for hockey practice and I’m sitting on my exercise ball. I like to still get somewhat of a workout in when I can and my doctor says it’s good for me and the baby. So I’m bouncing on the ball in the living room, staying in one place, when Jace comes over and looks at me.
“What?” I give him a weird look. I know I’m not wearing a shirt, but I have on a sports bra and sweatpants.
“Can I see the ball for a moment?” Jace asks.
“Uh, sure?” I look at him wearily and he laughs.
I pick up the ball and hand it to him, he turns around and spends a moment ruffling it around before turning around with the exercise ball under his shirt.
“Now we’re twins.” He laughs. The ball almost falling out of his shirt with how much he’s laughing.
“Oh shut up.” I roll my eyes and try to get the ball back.
“Come here.” He pulls me over to the full length mirror in the living room and pulls out his phone. He takes a picture of him with his hand on the ball while I stand there giving him a look.
“Perfect, this can be our Christmas card.” He chuckles.
“You’re something else. Give me back the ball, Jace.”
I reach for it and this time I almost get it. But Jace is quicker and gets it back, dribbling it like a basketball. I reach for it again and I’m met with his hand on my chest to hold me back lightly so he can run around the room with it. You can take the player out of the game but you can’t take the player out of the man. I stand in one spot, rolling my eyes until he comes back and gives it to me. With a kiss on my forehead and placing it on the ground steadily.
“I’m sorry, that was too funny.” He laughs again.
“Get to practice before they kick you off the team there, Rookie,” I tease.
“Rookie? Damn, giving me flashbacks to the night we met.” He holds his heart and wiggles his eyebrows.
“Oh, don’t get any ideas. You have to go and I’m as big as this house.”
“A house I wouldn’t mind fucking.” He comes over and smacks my ass for good measure.
